in less than twenty - four hours ...

.... we will be moving into our "new" apartment and will finally be able to use these precious things again:

I CANNOT WAIT!!

it's been decided ...

On a day that happened to be a tuesday, i do believe. tony and i made our way to the norfolk public library in order to print some things off for our records and what not. in order to use the computers at the library you have to have a library card ... duh. so we signed up and are now proud owners of this little beauty:

On our way home from the library i came up with an idea ... something we can do to document our stays in different states. DRUM ROLL .... we are going to start collecting library cards! Alright this may sound dorky and childish but I need something to look forward to with all these moves in our future.

valentines .... better late than never

although valentines just happened to land on a sunday, we did most of celebrating saturday. we braved "the cold" and headed to olive garden for some soup, salad, and breadsticks, my favorite. after that we did some light shopping .... nothing too exciting but I loved every minute of it.

on sunday i really wanted to make some egg mcmuffins ....

... so i did!

tony was very nice to buy a a single yellow rose .... cause we're best friends!! plus i LOVE yellow. I really loved being surprised like that.

also, the very nice ladies in the office (of our complex) sent flowers to all ... well i think everyone, at least i got one.

and last but not least .... we recieved delicious valentines cookies from grandma o .... LOVERLY!!

IT TURNED OUT TO BE AN ALRIGHT WEEKEND

welcome little one

today we received great news that a little man came into this world, DECLAN BEVAN BRAFORD. we are glad that he has arrived. congratulations to curtiss and maggie. i hope you don't get mad at me for posting before you but ... i just couldn't help and announce it!! hopefully he will continue to be strong and safe. we love you!!

adventures with popcorn

The other night tony and i were watching a movie ... i believe it was up. cause i'm totally addicited to that film right now, so good. anways, and of course you have to have snacks and popcorn while watching just a great movie. so i pulled out some snacks and went to pop that corn in the microwave and remembered ... we don't have one. i mean how can you function in life with no microwave. so tony being the brillant man he is offered his services in cooking the popcorn over the stove. he he i have never laughed to hard trying to "cook" popcorn. i hope you enjoy.

first attmept ... trying to get steam to help pop the kernals:

somewhat popped but we're not quite sure how much it made:

The end result:

i promise

.... i will be posting more in the next couple of days, i just need to load the pictures first.